Artist Talk with Sibel Kocabasi and Kirk Ke Wang

Saturday, Nov 6, 2021, 5 pm
Art Center Sarasota Outdoor Sculpture Garden

Tickets: $10 members, $20 nonmembers

Meet current Art Center Sarasota solo exhibition artists Sibel Kocabasi and Kirk Ke Wang as they discuss their individual backgrounds and works centering on socio-political and cultural themes. Learn how their exhibitions speaks to their experiences and how their work has grown and evolved over time.

Sibel Kocabasi is a multidisciplinary visual artist, working in painting, staged photography, and installations. Her art addresses contemporary social concerns: from the deteriorating natural environment, migration, violence against women, across cultures, including the suppression of female identity and the recent awakening of feminine power and confidence. In her artworks, she utilizes diverse media: such as traditional rugs, found objects, emergency survival blankets, and fibers.

Kirk Ke Wang, Professor of Visual Arts of Eckerd College and a Board Director of the Ringling Museum of Art, is a painter, sculptor, photographer, mixed media artist, as well as an educational software developer. He was born in Shanghai, China, and received MFA degrees from the Nanjing Normal University in China and University of South Florida.

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